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A child's early years are vital for development. The first few years of life is a period of rapid physical, mental, emotional, social and moral growth and development. This is a time when young children acquire concepts, ...

The objective of this research is to investigate the food security, food diversity and coping strategies used to access food in households in the Eastern Cape rural village of Timane in Idutywa, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi. Aflatoxins and fumonisins are among the most toxic mycotoxins. They are a significant risk factor for a cocktail of chronic health conditions including ...

Traditionally, Sceletium tortuosum has been used as a medicine and for social and spiritual purposes. The
genus is distributed in the south-western parts of South Africa. This project phytochemically analysed and
characterised ...

One of the greatest challenges facing the clothing industry worldwide, including South Africa is to provide well fitting garments to a broadly defined target population (Ashdown, Loker & Rucker 2007:1; Schofield, Ashdown, ...

The purpose of this study was to explore how consumer’s perception of women’s golfing apparel qualities influenced consumer’s purchase decisions. In fact Swinker and Hines (2006) pointed out that consumer perceptions of ...

Ruminant animals consuming low N-diet have been reported to have increased urea reabsorption with the Nguni being categorized as N-recycling ruminant. The enzymes associated with N-cycling are hypothesized to contribute ...

This study assessed the mycological and aflatoxin contamination of peanuts collected from Kinshasa, DRC and Pretoria, South Africa. Forty peanut samples were collected randomly at informal markets in the two cities and ...

Since ancient times, indigenous plants have been used by traditional healers for treating
various ailments. Sutherlandia frutescens is one of the most commonly used medicinal plants
of southern Africa. This widely ...

Listeria monocytogenes is known to cause epidemic and sporadic cases of listeriosis. The present study investigated its occurrence, antibiotic sensitivity and serotyping of the organism in foods in various retail outlets ...